The former pilot Gil de Ferran He died this Friday after suffering a heart attack while competing on the circuit The Concours Club of Opa-Llocka, in the state of Florida. Everything went like this double CART champion (2000 and 2001) and a 500 miles won from Indianapolis (2003). But in addition to achieving those titles, and his subsequent work as a manager and then boss in McLarenwill be remembered for the record he set in 2000 and that, 23 years later, is still valid.
In the middle of fighting for his first CART title in 2000, in the final race of the championship, Gil de Ferran had the courage to break the average speed record on a closed circuit in the history of motorsports. In qualifying, the driver of the Marlboro team then Penskewrote his name in the record books by hitting the old circuit of Fontana Superspeedway with an average speed of 241,428 miles per hour. That is, an average of 388,540 kilometers per hour.
23 years later, Gil de Ferran died at the age of 56 without anyone breaking that record. that time, Gil de Ferran completed a lap of 30.255 seconds to cover the 2,029 mile long Fontana oval. After this, Gil de Ferran won his first American title, repeating his CART title the following year. A two-time record champion.
Source: La Verdad
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